Last thing to visit in Central Park was, of course, the zoo. The six years old me came out again and I get so excited for every animal, just like a child. The zoo is quite small and so easy to visit, but not for this reason less beautiful. If I have to pick my favorite animal I pick for sure sea lions: lovey-dovey and super funny! I was also very impressed by the gigantic aviary (three floors!) where all the birds of the zoo stay and you can walk in and interact with them, if they want to of course.

Out of the zoo we went taking the metro to go down on Ground Zero. Once there we started walking directed at TKTS down on Front St. At the begiggning of our walk we were surronded by skyscrapers and very laboured people getting something to eat during the (I think) very short lunch break. The more we walked in our direction the more the building became shorter and the people relaxed, till we reached a pedestrian zone (in New York?! What?!?) full of small places to eat and little shops, included our ticket shop. We get in and decided for The Phantom Of The Opera. After that, intrigued by the people coming out from Smorgasburg, we decided to go in to eat something. We discovered that it was like a reunion of different street food and after a long indecision we took a crab burger, really good! Also we’ve been eating it sitten in the middle of the street: crazy for New York. After all I’m sure about it: this is definitely my favorite zone in the city!

After lunch we moved back to Ground Zero to have the most touching experience of our trip: 9/11 Museum (included in New York CityPass). The museum is set up inside the fundament of the Twin Towers, the photos shows just the first part of the museum where is permitted to take them. This is where you can see the remains of some carrier pillar that melted away with the fire of that day, some firemans jeeps that get ruined by the same fire and also a wall full of small blue squares, every square is in the exact color in which asked people remember the color of the sky that morning. Then we moved to the inner part where was not permitted to take photos. Let me say you have to be strong and prepared to get in. Not only objects founded in the ruins, not only brutal photos of that day that could be really enough to move you, no. There are also small rooms where you listen the original phone call from the people inside the towers or the airplanes to their loved ones. Their last words before dying. If you have just one minute to say goodbye to the people you love who will you call? What will you say? I was (and am) completely wasted after coming out and deeply marked like I had been just one time before in my life: when I went visiting Dachau concentration camp. Don’t read it wrong: this had no ruined my trip, or even my day, not at all. This had given me a new awareness, a new background to think about and to use it in my future life.

We moved to something much more happy, actually a dream coming true. I’m a musical junkie since always I think, I know every musical in this world and in my car I mostly play musical song. So coming to Broadway was everything I’ve dreamed about for an entire life. The Phantom Of The Opera was in my list of favorites and when the first notes played and the chandelier went up on the public I was nearly crying of joy. The actors were unbelievable, the voice of James Barbour, playing Phantom, was unforgettable and the scenography magical.

After the show we went eating at our beloved Shake Shack and we couldn’t resist a walk in Times Square, with its heady lights and the crowd even if it was late night. When our feet were telling to stop walking we finally went back to our hotel, with our hearts full of emotions. Have you ever been in these places? How was your experience? Stay tuned for day 7!